undone
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2.0
- adjective
- /ʌnˈdʌn/
:
desabrochado
- Robert enters and sits opposite her, wearing a tuxedo—his tie and collar undone.
- come undone
- button undone
- shoelace coming undone
He's got his sports coat slung over his shoulder, got his tie undone.
- He's got his sports coat slung over his shoulder, got his tie undone.
- Only one line and if the seam comes open your swimsuit will come completely undone.
- A woman came up to him at a big, fancy reception and pointed out to him that his fly buttons were undone.
- And just like all the ceiling, yeah, the pipe came undone.
- It warns you not to open that can of worms, to not pull on the thread for fear that the sweater comes undone.
- I feel like if you were dancing like would either like rip your hair out or it would just come undone.
Examples
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Can't get my button undone.
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Pazzi was sitting in shirtsleeves, his tie undone, a half-full glass of whisky in front of him at his desk.
Fiction book (2001) -
Your top seems to have come undone.
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"Then, still smiling, she said, "Your tie has come undone, Brother."
Fiction book (1996) -
Tie this one up, the top's undone.
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The drawstring keeps coming undone.
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My sash had come undone and was hanging in two tails behind me.
Fiction book (1997) -
Your dress is undone.
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Jay is still dressed in his uniform, but his bow tie is undone, and his vest is unbuttoned.
Fiction book (2001) -
Your shirt is undone at the collar, which makes it look very casual.
Synonyms
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1.0
Loose and not fastened so laces or knots hang open
2
1.3
Clothing with its buttons left open
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3.4
The strings on a shoe or clothing are not tied and hang loose
Not tied, closed, or attached
Not fastened so a door or window opens easily
Not held in place with a pin and able to fall or move
Not attached to something or fastened in place
Not tied with a rope
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Morphology
Etymology
Undone comes from un- 'reverse' and do 'to do'; think of 'do up' your coat — to 'undo' it is to open it, so when something is undone it is not fastened or tied.